Sam

November 1998

Well, it is that time of month again. I have put it off because I
had nothing to talk about. Yes, it is the 15th, at 11:30 PM, and I am
just now getting to write this. I have bad news for me, it really
doesn't affect any of you, unless you live in my town. My Mom has
decided to quit her teaching job here, and move away, because the
Principal is defying the rule book. Right now, we are going to stay
in town for the rest of this month. If you live in the same town as
I, then you should have been able to figure out who I am. But I will
keep everybody up-to-date on where I am going to move to.

There really hasn't been anything too pressing this month. The
only thing that is really bothering me was the beating of Matthew
Shepard at the University of Wyoming. This is a terrible incident,
but that in itself is obvious. America needs to wake up and realize
that hate is an important issue, especially in such rural places as
Wyoming, and Montana, that have no influence from large urban places.
I for one live in a town with no minorities, and where people still
call African-Americans Nigger (no offense intended). I try my best to
prevent these racist remarks, but that is to no avail.

Another issue that is bothering me is the fact that men that are
clearly not homosexual act it in public, and their friends encourage
such activities. This really upsets me, because if I did that, I
would be teased and ridiculed, and eventually beaten. That is why I
am still in the closet. Only two people in this town know, and they
have told me that they would not, and have not told anybody. It is
said that you can not find a friend that you can tell something, and
they will keep it in the strictest of confidence. I say that I have
found two people like that here.